From December 3 – 9 of this year in Melbourne, Australia, the Council
for a Parliament of the World’s Religions (founded in 1993) convened
its fourth global meeting. (Prior meetings have been Chicago 1993, Cape
Town 1999, Barcelona 2004). This meeting (according to its own claims)
convened approximately 5,000 people from approximately 200 faiths.

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Source: http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-30995-NY-Church–State-Examiner~y2009m12d16-The-Melbourne-Parliament-A-question-of-relevance